The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will monitor over 200,000 of the brightest, nearby stars. Scientists expect to discover over 2,000 exoplanet candidates, around 300 of which will be Earth-sized or super-Earth-sized.

Vectren Energy Delivery of Indiana-South plans to install 50 MW of solar and build a $900 million natural gas-fired power plant. The utility also plans to close more than 500 MW of coal-fired capacity.

Using data concerning behavioral, demographic and epidemic disease trends, researchers developed a model of disease spread, capturing information such as underlying population dynamics and contact patterns among people.

While most studies concerning the impact of plastic pollution on marine life focuses on plastic waste such as discarded plastic grocery bags and beverage containers, researchers from Sweden are now turning their attention to the impact that small plastic pellets — typically used as a raw material in the production of a variety of plastic goods — shipped from manufacturing sites to different plants are having on the environment.